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More About the Connection Between Abortion and Depression.
The headline from an article in the Sunday [London] Times absolutely stunned me: "Royal college [of Psychiatrists] warns abortions can lead to mental illness."
Not the substance of the observationthat "The Royal College of Psychiatrists says women should not be allowed to have an abortion until they are counselled on the possible risk to their mental health"mind you. That only makes sense.
What threw me for a loop was that for once a medical authority in Great Britain (a) did not march in lockstep with the pro-abortion lobby, and (b) did so as Parliament is considering its first major change in abortion law in almost 20 years.
The Royal College recommends that abortion information leaflets be updated to include details of the risks of depression. "Consent cannot be informed without the provision of adequate and appropriate information," it says.
What could overthrow what health editor Sarah-Kate Templeton described as a long-standing consensus that "the risk to mental health of continuing with an unwanted pregnancy outweighs the risks of living with the possible regrets of having an abortion"?
Based on the Times story, it seems to be a combination of two elements.
First, scientific studies, including research published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry in 2006, which "concluded that abortion in young women might be associated with risks of mental health problems."
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